House roll call 306 · 40th Congress · May 7, 1868
To table H. J. RES. 254, a resolution offered by committee on naval affairs providing that the President send sufficient number of vessels of war to the fishing
On May 7, 1868, the House voted 51–76 (HJR 254). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–68, Democrats 17–5, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 members voted against their own party.
During the 40th Congress (1867–1868), Andrew Johnson was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 51
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- May 7, 1868
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 68 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL voted yes
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL voted yes
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL voted yes
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL voted yes
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Jehu Baker R-IL voted yes
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted yes
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted yes
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN voted yes
- Stevenson Archer D-MD voted no
- Austin Blair R-MI voted yes
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO voted yes
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO voted yes
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO voted yes
- John Taffe R-NE voted yes
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ voted no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV voted yes
- Stephen Taber D-NY voted no
- William Henry Robertson R-NY voted yes
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY voted yes
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH voted yes
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH voted yes
- Martin Welker R-OH voted yes
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA voted yes
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA voted yes
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA voted yes
- James Mullins R-TN voted yes
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI voted yes
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Augustus Johnson D-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Norman Buel Judd R-IL
- John Franklin Farnsworth R-IL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne R-IL
- Abner Clark Harding R-IL
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lewis Winans Ross D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Jehu Baker R-IL
- Morton Craig Hunter R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks R-IN
- Jacob Shall Golladay D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Asa Porter Grover D-KY
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Austin Blair R-MI
- John Fletcher Driggs R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carman Adam Newcomb R-MO
- James Robinson Mccormick D-MO
- Joseph Jackson Gravely R-MO
- Joseph Washington Mcclurg R-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Loan R-MO
- John Forbes Benjamin R-MO
- John Taffe R-NE
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley R-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Winthrop Chanler D-NY
- William Henry Robertson R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Dennis Mccarthy R-NY
- James Morgan Humphrey D-NY
- William Mungen D-OH
- Reader Wright Clarke R-OH
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland R-OH
- Philadelph Van Trump D-OH
- George Washington Morgan D-OH
- Martin Welker R-OH
- James Lawrence Getz D-PA
- Thaddeus Stevens R-PA
- George Washington Woodward D-PA
- Glenni William Scofield R-PA
- George Van Eman Lawrence R-PA
- James Mullins R-TN
- David Alexander Nunn R-TN
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R-WI
- Charles Augustus Eldredge D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Higby R-CA
- Julius Hotchkiss D-CT
- Hiram Price R-IA
- William Loughridge R-IA
- Grenville Mellen Dodge R-IA
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George Washington Julian R-IN
- Henry Dana Washburn R-IN
- William Williams R-IN
- Sidney Clarke R-KS
- Thomas Dawes Eliot R-MA
- Oakes Ames R-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Butler R-MA
- John Denison Baldwin R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Stevenson Archer D-MD
- Charles Edward Phelps O-MD
- Francis Thomas R-MD
- Sidney Perham R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- John Andrew Peters R-ME
- Frederick Augustus Pike R-ME
- Fernando Cortez Beaman R-MI
- Charles Upson R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R-MI
- Ignatius Donnelly R-MN
- William Anderson Pile R-MO
- George Washington Anderson R-MO
- Jacob Hart Ela R-NH
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens R-NH
- Jacob Benton R-NH
- William Moore R-NJ
- Charles Sitgreaves D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Stephen Taber D-NY
- Thomas Elliott Stewart O-NY
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NY
- Orange Ferriss R-NY
- James Madison Marvin R-NY
- Addison Henry Laflin R-NY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey R-NY
- John Charles Churchill R-NY
- William Henry Kelsey R-NY
- William Slosson Lincoln R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Eggleston R-OH
- Samuel Fenton Cary O-OH
- William Lawrence R-OH
- John Beatty R-OH
- James Mitchell Ashley R-OH
- Tobias Avery Plants R-OH
- Rufus Paine Spalding R-OH
- James Abram Garfield R-OH
- Rufus Mallory R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Leonard Myers R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Caleb Newbold Taylor R-PA
- John Martin Broomall R-PA
- Henry Lutz Cake R-PA
- Ulysses Mercur R-PA
- George Funston Miller R-PA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell R-PA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson R-PA
- Horace Maynard R-TN
- William Brickly Stokes R-TN
- John Trimble R-TN
- Samuel Mayes Arnell R-TN
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge R-VT
- Luke Potter Poland R-VT
- Worthington Curtis Smith R-VT
- Halbert Eleazer Paine R-WI
- Amasa Cobb R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Chester Dorman Hubbard R-WV
Did not vote
- Francis William Kellogg R-AL
- Charles Waldron Buckley R-AL
- Benjamin White Norris R-AL
- Charles Wilson Pierce R-AL
- John Benton Callis R-AL
- Thomas Haughey R-AL
- Logan Holt Roots R-AR
- James Hinds R-AR
- James Thomas Elliott R-AR
- Thomas Boles R-AR
- Samuel Beach Axtell D-CA
- Richard Dudley Hubbard D-CT
- Henry Howard Starkweather R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Anthony Nicholson D-DE
- Charles Memorial Hamilton R-FL
- Joseph Wales Clift R-GA
- Nelson Tift D-GA
- William Posey Edwards R-GA
- Samuel Francis Gove R-GA
- Charles Henry Prince R-GA
- Pierce Manning Butler Young D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard R-IA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll R-IL
- Burton Chauncey Cook R-IL
- Albert George Burr D-IL
- Green Berry Raum R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Ellis Niblack D-IN
- Michael Crawford Kerr D-IN
- John Coburn R-IN
- Schuyler Colfax R-IN
- Lawrence Strother Trimble D-KY
- Thomas Laurens Jones D-KY
- George Madison Adams D-KY
- Samuel Mckee R-KY
- Jacob Hale Sypher R-LA
- James Mann D-LA
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham R-LA
- Michel Vidal R-LA
- William Jasper Blackburn R-LA
- Ginery Twichell R-MA
- Samuel Hooper R-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hiram Mccullough D-MD
- Frederick Stone D-MD
- John Lynch R-ME
- Thomas Estes Noell D-MO
- John Hubler Stover R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- John Robert French R-NC
- David Heaton R-NC
- Oliver Hart Dockery R-NC
- John Thomas Deweese R-NC
- Israel George Lash R-NC
- Nathaniel Boyden O-NC
- Alexander Hamilton Jones R-NC
- Charles Haight D-NJ
- George Armstrong Halsey R-NJ
- Demas Barnes D-NY
- John Fox D-NY
- John Morrissey D-NY
- James Brooks D-NY
- Fernando Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn D-NY
- John Augustus Griswold R-NY
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd R-NY
- William Craig Fields R-NY
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy R-NY
- Hamilton Ward R-NY
- Lewis Selye O-NY
- Burt Van Horn R-NY
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes R-OH
- Robert Cumming Schenck R-OH
- Samuel Shellabarger R-OH
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton R-OH
- John Thomas Wilson R-OH
- Columbus Delano R-OH
- John Armor Bingham R-OH
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer D-PA
- Oliver James Dickey R-PA
- Daniel Myers Van Auken D-PA
- Charles Denison D-PA
- Adam John Glossbrenner D-PA
- William Henry Koontz R-PA
- Darwin Asahel Finney R-PA
- Solomon Newton Pettis R-PA
- John Covode R-PA
- James Kennedy Moorhead R-PA
- Thomas Williams R-PA
- Thomas Allen Jenckes R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Benjamin Franklin Whittemore R-SC
- Christopher Columbus Bowen R-SC
- Manuel Simeon Corley R-SC
- James Hamilton Goss R-SC
- Roderick Randum Butler R-TN
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins R-TN
- Bethuel Middleton Kitchen R-WV
- Daniel Haymond Polsley R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table H. J. RES. 254, a resolution…: House Vote, May 7, 1868,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/40-H-306/to-table-h-j-res-254-a-resolution-offered (accessed 2026-10-15).